Saint Aidan's Church and Rectory is a historic
Catholic
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church complex in
Brookline, Massachusetts. The stuccoed church, located at 224-210 Freeman Street, was designed by Maginnis & Walsh, a noted designer of ecclesiastical buildings, in the Medieval (Tudor) Revival style, and was built in 1911. It was Brookline's third Catholic parish, after
Saint Mary's and Saint Lawrence. The church is notable as the parish which was attended by
Joseph P. Kennedy
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and
his family when they were living
on Beals Street; it was the site of the baptism of both
John F. Kennedy
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and
Robert F. Kennedy
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.
The rectory, located at 158 Pleasant Street, was built c. 1850-55 by Edward G. Parker, a Boston lawyer. It was acquired by the church in 1911, and restyled to match the church in 1920.
The complex was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1985.
The church was closed in 1999, and converted to housing.
See also
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References
External links
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Churches in Brookline, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Brookline, Massachusetts
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